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this week at nasa

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nasa astronaut mike fossum and satoshi

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exploration agency joined cosmonaut

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sergei volkov aboard the soyuz

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spacecraft he commanded and lifted off

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from the baikonur cosmodrome for the

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international space station hatches are

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open a little more than two days later

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the trio joined the other members of

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expedition 28 already aboard the iss

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commander andre borosenko and flight

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they're scheduled to return to earth in

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september while volkov fossum and

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furukawa are slated to conduct

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experiments and maintain the complex

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through their return in november

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and liftoff of aquarius and the sacd

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observatory on an international mission

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to study earth's salty seas also sent

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aloft was the aquarius sac d spacecraft

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roaring off the launch pad at vandenberg

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air force base in california this is a

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great day aquarius sacti is going to be

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measurements made before from its polar

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orbit of the earth the nasa built

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aquarius the spacecraft's primary

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instrument will analyze the oceans for

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their comparative levels of salinity or

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the flow of currents that ultimately

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therefore how the ocean contributes to

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moving heat around from low latitudes to

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data from the voyager spacecraft and a

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new computer model suggests scientists

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will have to revise their notion of what

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lines curving smoothly around

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as it usually is it's much more

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of magnetic bubbles it was discovered by

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before in combination with sophisticated

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of this comprehending the complexities

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of the outer edges of our solar system

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is crucial to understanding how cosmic

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as they can have a major impact on human

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requires a special skill set to operate

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on may 23 european space agency

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astronaut paolo nespoli took the

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katie coleman were aboard the soyuz that

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flare a minor radiation storm and a

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spectacular coronal mass ejection a cme

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the large cloud of particles mushroomed

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the solar dynamics observatory sdo

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it was like roller coaster something

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astronaut doug wheelock who served as

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flight engineer on expedition 24 and

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wheelock encouraged students from area

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education and career path wheels as he

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highlights of his nearly six months

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fans shutting down you know the the the

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on october 25th 1961

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engine test facility in hancock county

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the result was the stennis space center

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and in honor of this milestone stennis

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celebrate 50 years of contributions to

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activities of the day included speakers

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attendees also met former astronaut

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this nasa helium weather balloon is

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carrying not only the experiments but

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competition the glenn research center

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hosts the national competition which

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level the onboard experiments designed

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arkansas and north carolina investigate

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glenn scientists and engineers are

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and now centerpieces

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in a summer party fanfare the tidewater

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showcase of homes featured was the space

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astronaut mark kelly made a surprise

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before a crowd of thousands lead singer

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bono dedicated their award-winning hit a

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beautiful day to kelly's wife

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congresswoman gabby giffords who was

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wife in a pre-recorded message from his

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and that's this week at nasa